A Wife Urging Her Husband to Action
The Folly of Useless Effort
The Prince of Loo

BOOK IX.--THE ODES OF WEI.--
On the Misgovernment of the State
The Mean Husband
A Young Soldier on Service

BOOK X.--THE ODES OF T'ANG.--
The King Goes to War
Lament of a Bereaved Person
The Drawbacks of Poverty
A Wife Mourns for Her Husband

BOOK XI.--THE ODES OF TS'IN.--
Celebrating the Opulence of the Lords of Ts'in
A Complaint
A Wife's Grief Because of Her Husband's Absence
Lament for Three Brothers
In Praise of a Ruler of Ts'in
The Generous Nephew

BOOK XII.--THE ODES OF CH'IN.--
The Contentment of a Poor Recluse
The Disappointed Lover
A Love-Song
The Lament of a Lover

BOOK XIII.--THE ODES OF KWEI--